Raising a happy and successful teenager is a challenge for any parent, even the most patient and wisest among us. Parenting adolescents requires all sorts of skills that most of us donat naturally possess. In this down-to-earth, practical guide, youall learn how to tap your awise minda to calmly navigate even the stormiest of parenting moments. You'll learn how to preserve your loving relationship while encouraging progress towards the 7 essentials of happy, healthy teens: - Secure attachment to parents - Self-control - Academic success - Social thriving - Emotional flourishing - Strong character - Physical health With humor, wisdom and a deep understanding of the teenaged brain, Dr. Kastner, author of Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens, and Russell provide clear and useful tools for parents, giving them effective new ways to manage their own emotions in the heat of the moment with their teen while maintaining a and even gaining a closeness.Scene: Ita#39;s a glorious autumn Sunday afternoon, and you return from running
errands to find your son holed up in his room playing first-person shooter games
on his Xbox. ... His mother knows she needs to put limits on screen time, but that
problem is really a symptom of a bigger one thata#39;s all too common ... The solution
lies in overhauling routines, policies, and activities in the whole familya#39;s lifestyle.